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The green light represents Gatsby's hopes and dreams for his life, in which he didn't achieve. In the end he reaches for the green light metaphorically speaking. When he dies he is reaching for this light, which is his hopes and dreams slowly fading away.
"He had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him,... Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us"(Fitzgerald, 193).
Gatsby and Daisy met each other during the war, and they then had fallen in love with each other, and that wasn't expected. At first he was just messing around with his war buddies, but then he developed feelings for her. He was later transfered, and they realized that they both were deeply in love with one another. They of course had to tie the knot right in front of her husband. "‘You always look so cool,’ she repeated. She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw"(Fitzgerald, 126). They are in love and it was no secret, except for Tom.
Jordan and Gatsby do not have a very intimate relationship with each other. Gatsby basically uses her to get information about Daisy. He calls her over when she is at his party to ask her anything about Daisy. "Gatsby’s butler was suddenly standing beside us. ‘Miss Baker?’ he inquired. ‘I beg your pardon but Mr. Gatsby would like to speak to you alone.’ ‘With me?’ she exclaimed in surprise. ‘Yes, madame.’ She got up slowly, raising her eyebrows at me in astonishment, and followed the butler toward the house"(Fitzgerald, 55). Later Jordan explains to Nick that he had come up with a plan to go behind Tom's back to meet up with Daisy.
Tom and Gatsby are rivals, competing for Daisy's hand. Well Gatsby is actually in love with Daisy and Tom isn't. Tom cheats on every girl he meets, and everybody knows it. But when Gatsby and Daisy go behind Tom's back, Tom gets offended. "She had told him that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw. He was astounded. His mouth opened a little and he looked at Gatsby and then back at Daisy as if he had just recognized her as some one he knew a long time ago"(Fitzgerald, 126). He finally gets the rug pulled out from underneath. He was offened when he really shouldn't be because he had done the exact same thing multiple times.
Gatsby and Nick met because they were neighbors. Nick was invited to one of his parties and when Gatsby met nick he was very anxious to be his friend. But while he is there he doesn't even realize that he was talking to Gatsby the whole time, "...‘and this man Gatsby sent over his chauffeur with an invitation.’ For a moment he looked at me as if he failed to understand. ‘I’m Gatsby,’ he said suddenly"(Fitzgerald, 52). Gatsby later asks Nick to help Jordan, help Daisy to make sure Gatsby and Daisy go behind Tom's back. Just to have an affair.
Nick is always in the middle of the drama, and he always comes to a decision about what to do about it. He is a brain because he is smart enough to realize that all this drama was the kind of life he didn't want. And thats why, in the end, he finally leaves.
"After Gatsby’s death the East was haunted for me like that, distorted beyond my eyes’ power of correction. So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home"(Fitzgerald, 188-189).
Nick and Daisy are second cousins once removed, so they are distantly related. They aren't very close, but Nick just wanted to get to know people in his area, "...evening I drove over there to have dinner with the Tom Buchanans. Daisy was my second cousin once removed and I’d known Tom in college"(Fitzgerald, 8). He had just moved to West Egg and he didn't know anyone so he wanted to see Daisy and her husband. Later in the story I believe that Nick discovered that Daisy isn't all that great of a person. And in the end he decided that she is not worth the trouble of getting close to.
Nick and Jordan first met when Nick was invited to Daisy's house to have dinner when he had first moved to West Egg. We all knew from day one that these two were going to fall in love. Even Daisy knew it, "‘In fact I think I’ll arrange a marriage. Come over often, Nick, and I’ll sort of—oh—fling you together"(Fitzgerald, 22). They do end up falling in love, but in the end when Nick decides to move away from all the drama, she gets all defensive. She complains thaat he had thrown her over, which means dumped basically. She complained because she had never been dumped before, and so she was mad at him.
Jordan Baker is a black diamond because she is unique, and different from other girls in this era. She doesn't follow the stereotypes, for example instead of being a mother she is a proffessional golfer instead. She tends to be more independant than most women in the story.
"They oughtn’t to let her run around the country this way"(Fitzgerald, 22).
"I knew now why her face was familiar—its pleasing contemptuous expression had looked out at me from many rotogravure pictures of the sporting life at Asheville and Hot Springs and Palm Beach"(Fitzgerald, 21-22).
Daisy and Jordan are friends who were living together because of Jordan's family. "‘Her family is one aunt about a thousand years old... She’s going to spend lots of week-ends out here this summer. I think the home influence will be very good for her"(Fitzgerald, 22). Jordan moves around all the time because of her family, she can't just stay in one place, so she was staying at Dasiy's house. They were good friends before tht as well. Later when Jordan is telling Nick about Gatsbby she mentions that her and Daisy knew each other when Tom and Daisy first got married.
Daisy is very taunting and beautiful, like the pearl necklace she received. Pearls are beautiful and normally show wealth, but they always come with a price. Just like how Tom married Daisy but she was still in love with Gatsby.
"She groped around in a waste-basket she had with her on the bed and pulled out the string of pearls. ‘Take ‘em downstairs and give ‘em back to whoever they belong to. Tell ‘em all Daisy’s change’ her mine. Say ‘Daisy’s change’ her mine!’.’ She began to cry—she cried and cried"(Fitzgerald, 82).
Daisy and Tom are married and are both having affairs, and they both have different opinions about each one. Tom is so shocked when he finds out about Daisy and Gatsby, when in reality he shouldn't be. Meanwhile he was having an affair with Myrtle Wilson, and lots of other girls too, "A week after I left Santa Barbara Tom ran into a wagon on the Ventura road one night and ripped a front wheel off his car. The girl who was with him got into the papers too because her arm was broken—she was one of the chambermaids in the Santa Barbara Hotel"(Fitzgerald, 83). An when Daisy found out about that incident, and Myrtle she was sad but not as troubled with it, unlike Tom.
Tom is a very controlling and bruting person. He is abusive to Myrtle, and Daisy whic he does to show a sense of power. He hits them to put them in their place.
"‘Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!’ shouted Mrs. Wilson. ‘I’ll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai——' Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand"(Fitzgerald, 41).
Tom and Myrtle are both having affairs with their spouses. Myrtle is cheating on her husband because she wanted a change of pace but she didn't get it when she started dating Tom. "Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand"(Fitzgerald, 41). George was abusive to her and so was Tom. Tom was having an affair with Myrtle because he was simply a jerk. He thought he could do whatever he wanted so he cheated on his wife. And just to et back at him, and because she fell inlove, Dasiy had and affair with Gatsby.
Myrtle is a very snobby girl who likes to date rich bruting guys. She isn't very bright and it gets her into trouble.
"Some time toward midnight Tom Buchanan and Mrs. Wilson stood face to face discussing in impassioned voices whether Mrs. Wilson had any right to mention Daisy’s name"(Fitzgerald, 41).
George is not a very sensible person, especially when it comes to things he does to his wife. Near the end of the book when he finds out that Myrtle is cheating on him he locks her up in her room, "I’ve got my wife locked in up there,’ explained Wilson calmly. ‘She’s going to stay there till the day after tomorrow and then we’re going to move away"(Fitzgerald, 146). We have learned from undertones earlier in the book that he was very abusive to Myrtle, and that was the reason she cheated on him. Although when she dated Tom it wasn't much of a change of pace for her, because he was abusive too.
George works at a gas station, and is very poor. He is also abusive and extremely controlling over Myrtle.
"‘I’ve got my wife locked in up there,’ explained Wilson calmly. ‘She’s going to stay there till the day after tomorrow and then we’re going to move away'"(Fitzgerald, 146).